Ag News

• Washington Week Ahead: Democrats build case for infrastructure, child nutrition
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rockets To Record High
• Canadian Pacific Railway agrees to buy Kansas City Southern
• Drought Is the U.S. West’s Next Big Climate Disaster | Water scarcity is baking cropland and ramping up wildfire risk from California to Texas
• House Passes Ag Labor Bill Farm Workforce Modernization Act Would Provide Legal Status, Overhaul H-2A
• Signal to Noise: U.S. and China Spat, China Keeps Buying Grain
• Caustic Round of U.S., China Talks Conclude, as Chinese Corn Buying Continued
• Pro Farmer Survey Shows Farmers Plan to Plant Record Number of Corn, Soybean Acres in 2021
• FSA Administrator Says USDA Working to Broaden COVID-19 Relief for Producers
• Todd’s Take | Corn Supplies Get Fresh Attention
• EPA: Politics Tainted Dicamba Decision EPA Ignored Science in Past Dicamba Decision, New EPA Official Says
• Crop Insurance Basics: Incentives
• What’s on the menu? Meat, livestock demand surges
• Farm Futures: 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
• Transportation bill should not leave rural America behind
• Export Sales: Corn climbs, soybeans stumble
• China’s soybean imports from Brazil plunged in Jan-Feb on cargo delays
• The corn market balloon needs gas, analyst says
• GRAINS-Wheat falls, lingers near 3-month low on ample supply hopes 3.21.2021
• Ag organizations react to House passage of Farm Workforce Modernization Act
• National 4-H Council CEO: Pandemic forces sale of National 4-H Center
• 4 Charts to Analyze from the 2021 FAPRI Baseline
• USDA Seeks Innovative Partner-Led Projects Delivering Sustainable Agricultural Solutions
• The Signal: Autonomous Functionality In Farming Is Already Here In Many Ways
• House Passes The Farm Workforce Modernization Act On Bipartisan Vote
• USDA: Rural Death Rates From COVID-19 Surpasses Urban Death Rates

• Corn closes 12¢ lower, soybeans 25¢ lower, despite large sales to China | Thursday, March 18, 2021
• It’s not too early to think about the 2023 Farm Bill
• Crop Insurance Basics: Incentives
• Twenty-One States Sue Biden on Keystone AGs Ask Federal Court to Declare Biden Permit Revocation Illegal
• Three Herbicide-Tolerant Sorghum Varieties on the Landscape in 2021
• Export Sales: Corn climbs, soybeans stumble
• USDA wants to know your thoughts on climate smart ag
• WHEAT SCOOPS: Down 50 cents and still a good price
• Have you checked your beneficiary designations, account details?
• Commodity prices favorable for Texas row crop producers
• Cotton trials provide producers valuable information
• Consider storability before shifting grain marketing strategy
• Managing feed costs is name of game for 2021
• 2020 Farm Employee Compensation Benchmark survey
• House OKs Dems’ immigration bills for Dreamers, farm workers
• Here’s What Agriculture Wants Out of U.S., China March Meeting
• Farm Journal Planting Technology Has Outpaced Weather Uncertainty
• IRS Delays Tax Filing Deadline to May 17
• Solutions From The Land Issues Statement On EPA Re-Opening Climate Change Website
• NAFB Study Shows Farmer Radio Listening Stays Strong During Pandemic

• Farm Policy Facts | New Episode: Former USDA Chief Economist Discusses Importance of Farm Safety Net
• After a Year of Hardship, Hope Lies Ahead
• PPP Partnership Complications SBA Denies Farm Partnerships Same Calculation as Sole Proprietorships for PPP Loans
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends UAN28 Leads Fertilizer Prices Higher as Nitrogen Prices Spike
• Ag Groups Spotlight Transportation Regulatory Priorities
• Progressive Farmer | Our Rural Roots | To Love a Farmer
• Drilling a test well to expand irrigation
• How to sight-in new crop rally targets
• Bill offers tax relief for rural lending
• China Likely to Purchase More U.S. Corn
• Corn market has little reaction to huge China purchase | Wednesday, March 17, 2021
• Prepare for storms that push your farm to the limit
• Ag groups pleased with Tai’s confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative
• African Swine Fever in China Continues to Impact Markets
• Rural Mortalities, Hospitalizations From The Pandemic Begin To Slow
• The Winter That Wasn’t: Drought Plagues the Plains, Plants Worries About 2021 Crop
• One year later: Pandemic introduces unprecedented supply, demand issues into livestock sector
• U.S. Farming Distribution by State – 50 Years of Little Change

• Grain markets close higher | Tuesday, March 16, 2021
• Cotton trials provide producers valuable information
• Livestock Safety Considerations Facilities, Handling Animals Important Topics of Livestock Safety
• How to sight-in new crop rally targets
• Quick look at tax impact from new stimulus checks
• Add sorghum to secure farm sustainability
• Newcomer Warnock will chair Senate Agriculture subcommittee
• USDA invites ideas on climate-smart ag policy
• Allendale survey shows acreage increases
• Robbie Robbins: Over half-a-century of cotton production
• Vilsack urged to prioritize small meatpacker overtime fee reduction
• USDA in new projects to help restore wetlands function
• African Swine Fever in China Continues to Impact Markets
• Price Gouging or Price Reality? Anhydrous Ammonia Prices Climb 60% Since Fall
• 4-H to sell national conference center
• China shows continued demand for corn with another big US purchase
• America’s Conservation Ag Movement Engages U.S. Farmers On Critical Sustainability Issues

Last fall, Robbie Robbins harvested his 62nd cotton crop. Five picker balers, accompanying equipment and employees converged on his Altus, Okla., farms to harvest 6,000 acres of cotton — a stark contrast to the mules he worked as a young boy on the family farm or his first five-acre cotton crop produced as a junior in high school. Read more.

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• Texas Agricultural Losses Estimated At $600 Million From Winter Storm
• A firm finish for the corn, soybean markets | March 15, 2021
• FAPRI Baseline: University of Missouri Analysts See Signs of Optimism in Agricultural Market Outlook
• New Episode: Former USDA Chief Economist Discusses Importance of Farm Safety Net
• Quick look at tax impact from new stimulus checks
• Tractor sales continue winning streak in February 2021
• New crop prices offer profit opportunities for farmers
• Insatiable demand for pot has created a huge carbon footprint
• New-tech benefits seen in the field
• Tech gets ramped up in planter line
• Propane industry produces ag innovations
• Renew your CSP contract by March 31
• House to begin work on immigration reform, piece by piece
• Supreme Court picks date for ethanol case
• Ag Export Coalition calls for full funding support
• USDA seeks public input on climate approach
• At hearing, farmers and foresters urge solutions to the climate crisis
• Short Supplies Could Help Buoy Prices Even as Farmers Plan to Plant Record Number of Acres
• Allendale: High Prices Attracting High Acres
• Farm Groups Backing Programs Supporting Ag Exports
• USDA Extends Moratorium on Rural Foreclosures
• Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Nomination of Janie Simms Hipp to Serve as USDA General Counsel
• USDA Requests Information on USDA’s Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Strategy
• Celebrating Women in Agriculture Slide Show